654 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



H. Prothorax at its widest notably 

 behind the middle. 



I. Elytral puncturation (or at 

 least its seriabion) much ob- 

 scured, especially behind, by 

 close rugulosity of the inter- 

 stices explanala, Chp. 



II. Elytral puncturation well 

 defined, and seriate to apex. 



J. Legs testaceous. 

 K. Form very wide ; elytra 



strongly rounded at sides regularis, Blackb. 

 KK. Form much less wide; 

 elytra less rounded at 



sides comma, Blackb. 



JJ. Legs dark sylvicola, Blackb. 



HH. Prothorax at its widest at the 



middle melanospila, Chp. 



GG-. Postbasal imjjression of elytral 



disc very strong baldiensis, Blackb. 



FF. Explanate margins of prothorax 

 much narrower. 

 G. Median verrucre of prothorax 

 scarcely defined. 

 H. Prothorax dark in the middle, 

 the sides pallid in strong con- 

 trast piceola, Chp. 



HH. Prothorax not coloured as in 

 piceola. 

 I. Elytral verrucae large, alt iso- 

 lated, nowhere confused with 

 interstitial rugulosity. 

 J. Puncturation of prothorax 

 not asperate. 

 K. Puncturation of jDrothorax 

 sparse, coarse and irregu- 

 lar caliginosa, Ghyi. 



KK. Puncturation of protho- 

 rax much finer, closer 



and more even pustulosa, Blackb. 



JJ. Puncturation of prothorax 



very close and asjierate >itrpi<jino!>a, Er. 



